SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responds to high profile critics of commercial spaceflight and discusses his plans to be the first entrepreneur to launch a man into orbit in an interview with 60 Minutes that will air Sunday (March 18). [Full Story]

NEXT: Dead Russian Satellite to Fall From Space on Purpose Next Week

Dead Russian Satellite to Fall From Space on Purpose Next Week

EADS Astrium

The Russian government will guide the large Express–AM4 telecommunications satellite, which was launched into a useless orbit in August, into a controlled atmospheric descent starting March 20 so that any surviving pieces will land in the Pacific Ocean, a senior official from Russia’s state-owned satellite telecommunications operator said March 15. [Full Story]

NEXT: Space Guitar Hero: Astronaut to Record Cosmic Music in Orbit

Space Guitar Hero: Astronaut to Record Cosmic Music in Orbit

Larrivée Guitars

Canadian astronaut and future space station commander Chris Hadfield has a full load of tasks to tend to when he gets to orbit in December, but he's also planning to fit in some time with one of his passions: the guitar. A Larrivée Parlor acoustic guitar, to be exact, which Hadfield hopes to use to record space music in orbit. [Full Story]